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Changes At NBC’s ‘Today’: Joe Michaels Moved To Senior Director

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 18, 2013 @ 4:37pm PDTTags: Joe Michaels, NBC, Today

In the latest upheaval at NBC‘s ratings-challenged Today show, longtime director Joe Michaels has been named senior director of the show, the network said today. No word from NBC on what his specific responsibilities will be, but a source with knowledge of the situation says he will manage large initiatives and projects on the technical/directorial side, such as Today’s coverage of the Winter Olympics next February. There’s no word on who would be replacing Michaels as director of the morning news show. Today‘s ratings have been slipping for years but the program managed to keep its No. 1 slot until Ann Curry’s ouster last June. Since then, ABC’s Good Morning America has taken over the top spot. Last month GMA continued its dominance over Today by beating the NBC show by 1.6 million viewers. That’s the largest single-day total viewership spread GMA has had in fast affiliate results over the NBC show since May 18, 1994.

Related: Katie Couric Was Courted To Return To ‘Today’: Video

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NBC Greenlights Animated Special ‘How Murray Saved Christmas’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 18, 2013 @ 1:25pm PDTTags: How Murray Saved Christmas, Mike Reiss, NBC

NBC has ordered hourlong holiday musical special How Murray Saved Christmas from The Simpsons‘ writer/producer Mike Reiss. It’s scheduled to air in December 2014. Based on Reiss’ best-selling children’s book of the same name, the … Read More »

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UPDATE: Dan Harmon Apologizes For Comments Slamming ‘Community’ Season 4 & Sony Bosses

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 18, 2013 @ 11:00am PDTTags: Community, Dan Harmon, NBC, Sony TV

Dan Harmon CommunityUPDATE: Dan Harmon took to Twitter and his blog to apologize for the “very un-Community” comments in Sunday’s podcast rant. He offered a mea culpa to the show’s fans, its crew, and the writers on the fourth season that Harmon was absent for: “I’m sorry I pooped on your work.” Harmon also apologized for using language that “dehumanize[d] the developmentally disabled” and for “using the word ‘rape’ in a comedic context.” Harmon’s now back at work on Community Season 5.

PREVIOUS, MONDAY PM: At Sunday’s taping of his Harmontown podcast, returning Community creator and exec producer Dan Harmon unloaded on the show’s fourth season, which carried on under writers David Guarascio and Moses Port after NBC replaced Harmon as showrunner last year. “It’s very much like an impression and an unflattering one,” he said. “It’s 13 episodes of ‘I’m Dan Harmon!’ I’m going back to work tomorrow morning and I’m just like, do I talk like that?” Harmon, who is heading back for Season 5 with writer Chris McKenna, compared catching up on the Guarascio and Port-led fourth season to “flipping through Instagram watching your girlfriend blow a million [people].”

Related: Dan Harmon Reacts To His Dismissal As ‘Community’ Showrunner Read More »

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ABC Executive Quinn Taylor Moves To NBC To Head Longform Programming

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 17, 2013 @ 4:45pm PDTTags: ABC, NBC, Quinn Taylor, The Sound Of Music
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Another veteran ABC executive is heading to NBC. I’ve learned that Quinn Taylor, SVP Movies, Miniseries and Acquisitions at ABC Entertainment Group, will be leaving the network after almost 20 years to join rival NBC, … Read More »

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CORE Media And Noreen Halpern’s Scripted Venture Inks Drama Series Deal With NBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 12, 2013 @ 10:50am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, CORE Media Group, NBC, Noreen Halpern
Nellie Andreeva

Halfire-CORE, CORE Media Group’s scripted production venture with veteran Canadian producer Noreen Halpern‘s Halfire Entertainment banner, has closed a deal with NBC. Under the 3-for-1 agreement, Halfire-CORE will develop three lower budget drama projects for NBC, one of which is expected to go to series. No concepts or writers for the projects have been identified yet, but the producers are expected to begin the process shortly.

The pact illustrates Halfire-CORE’s strategy of entering the scripted primetime space by bypassing the traditional pilot cycle and going with a straight-to-series model instead. It also extends on NBC’s efforts in the lower-cost drama arena where the network has been probably the most active broadcast network, experimenting with different templates and partners, including Gaumont (Hannibal) and Georgeville TV (Crossbones). I hear the Halfire-CORE deal came out of Halpern’s existing relationships with NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt and scheduling chief Jeff Bader, with whom Halpern worked at ABC on Rookie Blue, one of several series she shepherded in her previous role as head of scripted for Entertainment One. Graboff, of course, also has a relationship with Greenblatt, with whom he worked for almost a year before leaving to head CORE, and with NBC where he spend more than a decade. Read More »

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NBC Stations Renew ‘Steve Harvey’ Through 2016

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 12, 2013 @ 7:46am PDTTags: NBC, Steve Harvey
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NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution’s Steve Harvey has solidified its status as the breakout new syndicated talk show of 2012-13. On the heels of the Endemol USA-produced talker getting an early renewal for next season by stations — including the core NBC Stations group, in January –  the show now has been picked up for two additional seasons, through 2016, in more than 65% of the U.S. “Steve Harvey’s engaging, funny and warm style has been a hit with our audiences,” said Valari Staab, President, NBC Owned TV Stations. “The show has strengthened our daytime lineups and proven to be a strong lead-in to Ellen and, in turn, our local newscasts.” Steve Harvey got off to a solid start last fall and by the May sweep, it was the #1 new first-run show with women 18-49 and women 25-54 nationally, topping fellow rookie Katie, and was the only new show to build over its lead-in and improve the year-ago time period. Read More »

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Amy Ozols Named Producer Of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 11, 2013 @ 8:43am PDTTags: Amy Ozols, Big Deals TV, NBC, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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A woman will continue to call the shots on The Tonight Show. Veteran Late Night With Jimmy Fallon writer Amy Ozols has been named producer of the upcoming The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which will premiere in February. The Tonight Show is reverting to its former title, used for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before “starring” was replaced by “with” for hosts Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. Ozols will produce the show, which will originate from NBC‘s 30 Rock in New York, while Lorne Michaels serves as executive producer.

“Amy Ozols has been with Jimmy since the very beginning of Late Night,” Michaels said. “She is brilliant. I think she is the right choice to lead The Tonight Show into the future.” Added Fallon, “It’s been so fun working with Amy these past four years — she’s been a standout writer and producer since we started Late Night.” Read More »

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‘I Am Victor’ In Midseason Contention At NBC With Rewrite

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 10, 2013 @ 6:39pm PDTTags: I Am Victor, John Stamos, NBC
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Boasting a bona fide TV star, John Stamos, NBC‘s drama pilot I Am Victor came close to a series order last month. And … Read More »

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NBC’s ‘Million Second Quiz’ Set For September Debut

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 4, 2013 @ 12:00pm PDTTags: NBC, The Million Second Quiz

The Million Second QuizThe Million Second Quiz will hit the small screen on September 9 at 8 PM, NBC announced today. The contest, where time equals money, will last 1,000,000 seconds or nearly 12 … Read More »

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‘Chicago Fire’ & ‘Chicago PD’ Showrunner Matt Olmstead Inks Overall Deal With Uni TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 31, 2013 @ 2:44pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Matt Olmstead, NBC, Universal TV
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EXCLUSIVE: Matt Olmstead, executive producer of NBC’s Chicago Fire and co-creator/executive producer of its upcomiMatt Olmstead Chicago Fireng spinoff Chicago PD, has signed a rich two-year overall deal with Universal Television, the studio behind the two series, along with Wolf Films. Under the seven-figure pact, Olmstead will continue as showrunner on Chicago Fire and also will serve as showrunner on Chicago PD, working on both series with Chicago Fire creators/exec producers and Chicago PD co-creators/exec producers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, as well as exec producer Dick Wolf. Making things a bit easier logistically is the fact that Chicago PD has a midseason order. “Matt is an experienced and creative showrunner and we were thrilled with his stellar work on Chicago Fire, Uni TV EVP Bela Bajaria said. “We look forward to extending our relationship with him on Chicago PD and at Universal TV”. Read More »

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NBC Tornado Benefit Concert Raises $6M

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 31, 2013 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: Healing In The Heartland, NBC

NBC‘s one-hour live Healing In The Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert hosted by Oklahoma native and The Voice judge Blake Shelton on Wednesday raised more than $6 million in pledges and ticket sales, the Associated Press has reported. … Read More »

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‘Hannibal’ Renewed By NBC For Season 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 30, 2013 @ 4:23pm PDTTags: Bryan Fuller, Hannibal, Jennifer Salke, NBC
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More than two weeks after its upfront presentation, NBC has decided the fate of its last remaining bubble series, giving drama Hannibal a 13-episode second-season renewal for a return next midseason or later. The series, based on the characters from Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon, was developed for television by Bryan Fuller, who executive produces. “We’re so proud of Bryan’s vision for a show that is richly textured, psychologically complex, and very compelling,” NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke said. “There are many great stories still to be told.”

Related: ‘Hannibal’ Subject Of Outside Interest While Awaiting Renewal Decision At NBC

Hannibal got off to a solid ratings start and was in serious contention for an early renewal. The numbers eventually tapered off, and NBC put the renewal decision on hold. Hannibal was well reviewed, and there overtures from at least one cable network in case NBC passed on a second season. Additionally, Amazon, which carries repeats of the show, had expressed serious interest in taking it on. Hannibal, from Gaumont International Television, is produced under a different model at a license fee that is a fraction of what dramas with similar production values cost. Read More »

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‘The Voice’ Expanding To Two Hours For Final Two Performance Shows

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 30, 2013 @ 12:51pm PDTTags: NBC, The Voice

NBC said the June 10 and June 17 episodes of its competition series The Voice will jump to two hours. On June 10, at-home voting will begin at the show’s conclusion after the remaining competitors sing for their … Read More »

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NBC To Air ‘Sound Of Change’ Concert On June 2

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 28, 2013 @ 8:49am PDTTags: NBC, The Sound Of Change Live

The Sound Of Change Live concert to raise awareness for issues affecting girls and women will be broadcast live from London on June 1. NBC will pick it up the next night to air from 9-11 PM. Performers … Read More »

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UPDATE: ‘The Voice’s Usher Joins NBC’s May 29 Blake Shelton Oklahoma Tornado Benefit Concert

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 27, 2013 @ 6:00pm PDTTags: Blake Shelton, NBC, Oklahoma tornado

UPDATE, MONDAY 6 PM: Blake Shelton won’t be the only judge from The Voice appearing on NBC‘s May 29 Oklahoma Tornado Relief Concert. Usher has joined the Healing in the Heartland show. The concert is set to air live from Oklahoma City on the network and several other Comcast owned broadcasters on Wednesday at 9 PM. NBC also announced today that Darius Rucker will perform in Oklahoma City along with Shelton. Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic had previously been announced to play the United Way benefit concert. More acts are expected to be added before the show.  

Related: NBC Plans Blake Shelton Tornado Benefit Next Week

PREVIOUSLY, FRIDAY PM: Blake Shelton’s relief benefit concert for victims of the tornado that hit The Voice judge’s native state of Oklahoma will air live on NBC at 9 PM ET May 29, the network announced today. Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire and Vince Gill are the only other musicians set to appear right now, but sources say Shelton’s fellow Voice judges likely will perform in some capacity as well. The concert for the United Way will also air on Style, G4, Bravo, E! and CMT on either a live or delayed basis. Read More »

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2012-2013 Season Network Rankings: CBS Sweeps In Final Numbers; ABC, CBS & Fox Tie In May Sweep

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 4:05pm PDTTags: ABC, Fox, NBC, the CW, TV Ratings

The 2012-2013 season is officially over and the final network rankings are in. As was long expected, CBS took the top spot in viewers and the adults 18-49 demo, the first time the network has claimed a No. 1 ranking in both categories since the 1991-1992 season. There wasn’t any significant change from the preliminary numbers I reported earlier this week. Fox fell to second place in adults 18-49 for the season, hurt by a variety of factors including a more-than-25% key demo decline for American Idol, lackluster Season 2 numbers for The X Factor, a lack of traction among its comedies, a disappointing baseball postseason and a plethora of pre-emptions in the fall. That breaks Fox’s hold on the key demo title for the past eight seasons.

Related: Full 2012-2013 TV Season Series Rankings

As with last year, NBC was third in adults 18-49 and ABC was fourth. ABC did move over Fox to second place among total viewers this year. This season’s results also see CBS as the first network to simultaneously top viewership and the key demo since Fox took the double gold in 2007-2008, the year of the writers’ strike. Here are final numbers: Read More »

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Full 2012-2013 TV Season Series Rankings

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 4:04pm PDTTags: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, NCIS, Sunday Night Football, the CW, TV Ratings

The 2012-2013 TV season is officially over and there were some top spot shifts among the series rankings from last year. While NBC’s Sunday Night Football remained No.1 among adults 18-49 spot, it was tackled by CBS’ NCIS in total viewership, with the latter squeaking out a win for the period from September 24, 2012-May 22, 2013. Still, NBC is hyping a viewership victory by counting all 19 telecasts of Sunday Night Football starting September 5 and the 21.5 million they pulled in on average compared to NCIS‘ 21.3 million. The network is citing Nielsen’s allowance to broadcasters to track ratings results from a show’s debut even if it occurs before the season starts. Sticking to the boundaries of the season, the 26 scheduled airings of NCIS beat the 14 regularly scheduled broadcasts of SNF in the 2012-2013 season by just under 350,000 viewers. (See comprehensive series ranking lists for the 2012-2013 season according to both total viewership and Adults 18-49 after the jump)

Related: 2012-2013 Season Network Rankings

Within the confines of the 2012-2013 season start and end dates, SNF was essentially the same in terms of viewership and ratings as last year. Coming off a strong 10th season, NCIS was up 10% in viewers and even in the ratings. Replaced by Big Bang Theory in the second spot among the 18-49s, the Wednesday airing of American Idol fell 25% from last season. Elementary, the now cancelled Vegas and The Following were the only new shows to make it into the Top 20 most watched series this season. NBC’s Revolution joined Fox’s Following as the only new shows to make it into the Top 20 shows among Adults 18-49. CBS’ Rules of Engagement was the highest rated show to be cancelled this year while Vegas was the most watched show to get the axe. Among the Big 4 networks, NBC’s Community was the lowest rated scripted show of the season to be renewed with CBS’ Undercover Boss as the lowest rated unscripted show of the season to be returning. The CW’s Nikita was the lowest-rated show overall to be coming back. Here are the full final rankings: Read More »

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NBC Plans Blake Shelton Tornado Benefit Next Week

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday May 22, 2013 @ 5:11pm PDTTags: Blake Shelton, NBC

The Voice judge and Oklahoma native said last night that he wanted to put together a relief concert in support of victims of the massive Oklahoma tornado that hit earlier this week, killing dozens. Now NBC is working fast to make it happen. If it comes together, I understand the Blake Shelton-led concert would be held early next week — the network is putting together a few more elements, including where the event will be held. Details about the performances are sketchy, but it’s anticipated that several of Shelton’s Voice co-judges would be involved. Shelton performed a song with wife Miranda Lambert during last night’s live episode of The Voice as Red Cross donation information played on the screen. Read More »

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CBS Wins Season & Ties Sweep In Demo; ABC Tops Adults 18-49 In Season’s Final Week

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday May 21, 2013 @ 2:59pm PDTTags: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, the CW, TV Ratings

As everyone knew they would, CBS has taken the top spots for the 2012-2013 TV season for the first time in over 20 years. However, ABC topped adults 18-49 for the final full week … Read More »

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